Russian International Master Andrei Obodchuk won the 21st IPCA World Individual Chess Championship which concluded today in Ashdod, Israel. Obodchuk stroke back after a loss in the fifth round and scored 7.5/9 points to be the sole Winner of the event. Replay the games here
IM Stanislav Mikheev was second with 7 points and Yaacov Zilberman clinched bronze thanks to better tiebreak criteria than IM Andrei Gurbanov who had the same score of 6.5 points.
WFM Svetlana Gerasimova was the best ranked Women player as she scored 4.5 points and finished 12th on the overall rankings. WFM Aleksandra Aleksandrova was just behind with the same score but lower tiebreaks and 13th place.
The total prize fund of the event was 5.500e and the winner among men, women, and players in wheelchairs will obtain the right to participate in the IPCA team at the FIDE World Chess Olympiad 2022. All information about the 21st IPCA World Individual Chess Championship
Final standings – 21st IPCA World Individual Chess Championship:
Rk.
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
TB1
TB2
1
IM
Obodchuk Andrei
FID
2306
7.5
38
49
2
IM
Mikheev Stanislav
SRB
2333
7
38
49
3
GM
Zilberman Yaacov
ISR
2323
6.5
39
51
IM
Gurbanov Andrei
ISR
2301
6.5
39
51
5
IM
Yarmonov Igor
UKR
2394
6
39
51
6
IM
Campos Eugenio
ANG
2247
5
38
49
7
FM
Lipilin Ilia
FID
2174
5
36
48
8
Srimskov Elishar
ISR
1992
5
33
41
9
Shapiro Benny
ISR
1899
5
33
43
10
FM
Vit Vaclav Valenta
CZE
1999
5
33
42
11
Babanov Aleksandr
FID
1918
4.5
36
46
12
WFM
Gerasimova Svetlana
FID
1906
4.5
35
44
13
WFM
Aleksandrova Aleksandra
ISR
1702
4.5
31
38
14
Alperovich Asher
ISR
1865
4
33
43
15
Cosic Radoslav
CRO
1997
4
30
39
16
Mekus Manuela
GER
1644
4
26
35
17
Oliel Yehonatan
ISR
1535
4
26
32
18
Vardi Moshe
ISR
1631
4
25
33
19
Pilimon Zbigniew
POL
1620
4
25
31
20
Frumin Rebecca
ISR
1319
3.5
28
35
21
Shchukina Ekaterina
FID
1493
3
26
32
22
Klein Djimmy
FRA
1409
2.5
25
30
23
Freiberg Doron
ISR
1241
2
26
31
24
Volodarsky Michael
ISR
1400
1
27
34
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